Rebecca Caldwell joins Finance Minister Morneau’s team

By Laura RyckewaertFeb. 4, 2019

Government House Leader Bardish Chagger recently hired on MP Raj Grewal’s former assistant.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured leaving a federal caucus meeting in Ottawa late last month, has hired on Rebecca Caldwell as a senior adviser in his office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has made some changes to his ministerial staffing roster, including recently hiring on Rebecca Caldwell as a new senior adviser.

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Laura Ryckewaert moved to Ottawa from Toronto roughly eight years ago to study a bachelor of journalism at Carleton University. She's been a reporter at The Hill Times since the end of June 2011. Follow - lryckewaert@hilltimes.com

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